Power Meter Operation 2
E4418B Power Meter User’s Guide 87
Leveling a Source Output
The Recorder output can be used to level an output from a source using
external leveling. The following procedure explains how to do this:
1 Select the Recorder Output by pressing , ,
.
2 The highest power you are going to measure is used to determine the
value which you should set for the Recorder Output maximum setting.
For example, if you are measuring a power less than 1
mW and greater
than 100
µW, then set the recorder maximum value to 1 mW.
3 To set the maximum value, press and enter the appropriate
value.
4 Press and enter 0 W.
5 Press to “On”.
50 dBm (100 W)
40 dBm (10 W)
30 dBm (1 W)
20 dBm (100 mW)
10 dBm (10 mW)
0 dBm (1 mW)
–10 dBm (100 µW)
–20 dBm (10 µW)
–30 dBm (1 µW)
–40 dBm (100 nW)
–50 dBm (10 nW)
–60 dBm (1 nW)